According to the Sticky-Price Model, Other Things Being Equal, the Greater

question 12

Multiple Choice

According to the sticky-price model, other things being equal, the greater the proportion, s, of firms that follow the sticky-price rule, the ______ the ______ in output in response to an unexpected price increase.

• A) greater; increase
• B) smaller; increase
• C) greater; decrease
• D) smaller; decrease

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Definitions:

Categories

Distinct groups or classes into which items or individuals can be sorted based on shared qualities or characteristics.

Proportion

A statistical measure that indicates the fraction of the total population that possesses a particular attribute or characteristic.

Chi-squared Goodness-of-fit Test

This test assesses if observed frequencies in a single categorical variable match expected frequencies determined from a theoretical distribution.

Multinomial Distribution

A generalization of the binomial distribution, which deals with outcomes of a experiment that can fall into more than two categories.